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That's a great question Steve. It was a life's mission to learn to play guitar & when I found L&MG in 2008 I knew I'd stumbled onto the path to achieve that goal. I guess when I started the answer was to play songs, now 12 years later (OMG where did that time go) I plug in and play because I just enjoy the tone of a good guitar through an amp with good speaker/s. My preferred style of music is Blues/Rock or just stone cold Blues. I'm a Rory Gallagher/Lynyrd Skynrd fan and I've learnt to play a few of those songs, albeit when playing Rory you are trying the emulate the playing of the GOAT. I'm going through a Fleetwood Mac stage at the moment, Lindsay Buckingham's style of playing is way above my pay grade but 12 years of fumbling around the fretboard courtesy of Steve's tuition has taught me how to adapt my playing to be 'sorta' faithful to the original. Why do I play? Strat into an AC15, cup of coffee on the back verandah playing Rory............ Now that's why I play :-)

Now you've got me tempted to do this one too Mandy 🎸😉,

I am actually working on another song Mandy. Struggling a bit recording what seemingly should be an easy song from a British 90’s grunge band. We will see if it works out. Greg

I started playing because I adored my big brother and he was awesome on guitar. But now I play because I love singing songs and playing with my band. I love learning new songs. Lily

I guess that I started playing as a teenager and did the self taught program, learning open chords and picking up a song here or there from an other self taught musician. It was driven by a love of music as well as a desire to learn and conquer a new discipline! Over time it was a challenge to put in the time and effort balanced with life, marriage, kids, career, self destructive thoughts and poor teaching technics (Self Taught). I never took lessons and it was and has always been about the journey. It is a part of my life and will continue to be until my family pulls my cold fingers off the neck! I WILL NOT GIVE UP!! I have even concluded that I must have a real hard head or a morbid sense of self inflicted mutilation of my ego! But alas, life continues and I have multiple guitars, equipment and lesson plans to prove that the journey continues. Besides that, I just have fun with what I can learn!

I started playing with Steve's instruction about 11 years ago. A part time job became a full time job; that and my husband's care (dementia) demanded more of my time and I slowly stopped playing. Since my husband's passing, I have picked it up again, mostly to improve my mind and use my time constructively. A friend who was widowed shortly after I, wants to learn to play so it is also a gift to encourage her. So grateful for such a wonderful tool for learning. Thank you so much!

Toss up between the challenge and the "Hey mom, look what I can do". Not sure which is stronger.